My wife doesn’t yell at the television. She’s from German aristocracy. I married way above my station.
AFL Round 21 – Fremantle v Richmond: Too little too late?
August 23, 2012 by 3 Comments
Richmond is now officially a mathematical chance to play finals – next year. The Tigers have shown some good late season form (if we block out Saturday’s insipid performance against Fremantle in Perth), but it is hard to get excited after those losses we didn’t have to have stuffed yet another potential finals appearance. [Read more]
Tigers fans still there through thick and thin but where are Hawks fans?
August 23, 2012 by 5 Comments
Richmond may have disappointed by missing the finals again this year, but its fans certainly haven’t. Stats revealed in the Herald Sun show that despite an overall downturn in attendances, Richmond has had the fourth largest crowds on average this year at 42,113, behind only Collingwood, Carlton and Essendon. These Tiger fans who turn up [Read more]
AFL Round 21 – Winners and Losers: North are the anti-Essendon
August 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Round 21 saw the Swans go clear atop the ladder, Adelaide lose in shocking circumstances, West Coast get a sniff at a top four spot once again, North Melbourne continue their late season surge, Fremantle climb into the eight, and Essendon get crushed yet again. So not much really.
AFL Round 21 – Collingwood v North Melbourne: The family club
August 23, 2012 by 4 Comments
Nephew Lukey was the lone family representative at Etihad on Saturday night. He went with his mate and his dad from across the road. My sister Anne had spent the week counselling him on appropriate behaviour in the face of both victory and defeat. Lukey doesn’t always handle either imposter too well. No prizes for [Read more]
Top Four Battle
August 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Cody Lane The top four battle has been intriguing all year, but never as much as now. As a Hawks supporter, I looked at this round as the round where the Hawkers could move into the top 2. In my opinion finishing top four is vital for us so that we get home finals. [Read more]
AFL Round 21 – Western Bulldogs v Sydney: The Appetizer
August 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Jake ‘Cobba’ Stevens The restaurant was busy that time of night. Like other Springvale eateries, the décor was simple, but the flavour was strong. Again, I was the only person with white hair in sight. A mixture of languages filled the air, and the waiters had a sense of urgency. On the worn, cream-coloured [Read more]
Floreat Pica: Reality Bites
August 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By John Ramsdale Some coaches talk about winning quarters. We won an eighth. In my previous report it was mentioned that it was very long. I was tempted to write. “We was ordinary” and send the votes to Steve and be done with it. After reading this you may say, you should have.
DA Puzzle of the Round (22)
August 22, 2012 by 1 Comment
Discover the world of David Astle here. But first, can you solve this week’s puzzle? Time for some code-cracking 101 this week. Can you identify this bloke, head and shoulders above most current players? Battery/R S 49 S Last week’s question and answer: This week suits master manipulatora. Changing the right letter per word, can [Read more]
WAFL Round 22: Final four final but movable
August 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
WELL I did my best to talk up a possible Perth derby round 24 elimination final… but alas… after round 22 the final four has been settled. There’s still some movement possible because this week first takes on second and third meets fourth. The top four confirmed their credentials by winning well in round 22 [Read more]
My time with Sid – a comment on commentators
August 22, 2012 by 4 Comments
In a sporting world overflowing with hyperbole one word seems to have remained untouched. There just doesn’t seem to be a lot of doyens out there. When we lose one therefore it seems an ideal moment to hop off the tread-well and let the mind go back in time for a change. I first encountered [Read more]
Tom Waterhouse and the AFL make an unpleasant combination
August 22, 2012 by 11 Comments
Geez, I never thought the presence of someone on the TV would give me the jimmy grits so much. 4 generations of betting knowledge in my blood…give me a break! It’s more than Tom though…everywhere I go, everything I listen to, every time I put my tips in, every footy game I go to – [Read more]
Would you prefer gold or a flag?
August 22, 2012 by 5 Comments
Now that we are in the hiatus between the London Olympics and the main sporting event, AFL finals, my mind has wandered. Julia met the medal winning troops as they exited the plane and then skipped off when the non medal winners appeared (some politicians would turn up to the opening of a letter to [Read more]
City continues where it left off
August 22, 2012 by 5 Comments
By Tom Clarke Fans have barely regained their breath from the extraordinary ending to last season. But it is back again. Tom Clarke makes his Almanac debut as the EPL kicks off for Season 2012/13. He’ll keep us up to date with the world’s most popular League and invites comments and questions from readers. If [Read more]
The 2012 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup – Round Twenty One
August 22, 2012 by 2 Comments
Greetings Tipstsers Predictions, projections and prognostications have been propelled into a pointless pile of piffle. Where once we wallowed in a world of near certainty, now we walk warily in a universe wherein anything might happen. For, dear reader, it now does appear that any of the Top Seven could beat any other of the [Read more]
1980 A Personal Footy Almanac – Round 21, Saturday 23 August, v North Melbourne, Arden Street Oval
August 22, 2012 by 3 Comments
I’m pacing the floor of a stately, shady old house in Brighton, Adelaide. I’m secluded in an ornate living room where the house’s one radio is located. The setting is incongruous enough for a football broadcast. The house looks like footy has never before sullied its oh-so-respectable interior. But it’s me who is really out [Read more]
Bless me Father, for I (may) have sinned
August 21, 2012 by 15 Comments
Bless me Father, for I (may) have sinned. Maybe it was our esteemed leader Mr Harms writing about Assumption Day recently (rightly corrected by one of the Micks amongst us as the Feast of the Assumption and a Holy Day of Obligation) but I feel the need to get religious and seek forgiveness. I recently [Read more]
The View from Shepparton – Round 21
August 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
My mob beat the Adelaide pretenders, no one can take them seriously now. They cannot play away from Footbrawl Park and that is that. On the other hand, what a magnificent comeback from my mob. 38 points down at quarter time and then they gradually reeled them in. They are definitely the Richmond of the [Read more]
Melbourne supporters at home in snow
August 21, 2012 by 1 Comment
It snowed in Canberra on Friday. Rugging up is required today. I’m wearing a singlet, skivvy, Giants t-shirt, bottom thermals, long winter pants, a polar fleece jacket, polar fleece lined waterproof coat , beanie, scarf, gloves, shoes and socks. I also have a warm blanket in my bag. One woman sitting nearby is wearing three pairs [Read more]
Let the umpires off their philosophical hook!
August 21, 2012 by 5 Comments
Once I smugly looked down on Rugby Union. Its penalties seemed to contribute far too much to the final score and, worse than that, they seemed trivial and opaque. Fans apparently waited with bated breath and accepted the direction of the referee’s pointing arm with the best good humour they could muster, and then mutter [Read more]
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